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"publishedAt": "2026-02-22T16:09:09.000Z",
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"textContent": "Amy from Charlotte, North Carolina, reports a dispute arose when visiting her brother’s family. Is a large container for storing sugar properly called a can or a canister? The answer involves prototype theory, which in cognitive linguistics and cognitive psychology involves how we think of things and how we name them. In this case, one […]",
"title": "Can of Sugar or Canister of Sugar?"
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